The Nickel
The Nickel by The Deelie January 13, 2005
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jim the nickel
jim the nickel by KatieKatana February 17, 2007
The bull is off the nickel
"Bull" is being used as a double entendre -- meaning both the animal shown on the nickel and the other meaning of stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense. So, the bull is coming off the nickel and being applied to the situation at hand. The situation at hand being nonsensical.
This obscure phrase is famously used in the Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Garrity and the Graves". Rod Serling, in the intro, uses this expression in referring to Jared Garrity, who makes a living restoring life to the dead.
This obscure phrase is famously used in the Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Garrity and the Graves". Rod Serling, in the intro, uses this expression in referring to Jared Garrity, who makes a living restoring life to the dead.
"Mr. Garrity, if one can believe him, is a resurrecter of the dead - which, on the face of it, certainly sounds like the bull is off the nickel." -- Rod Serling
The bull is off the nickel by MJD1 January 3, 2021
on the nickel
...and what becomes of all the little boys
who never say their prayers
well they're sleepin' like a baby
on the nickel over there. - T. Waits
who never say their prayers
well they're sleepin' like a baby
on the nickel over there. - T. Waits
on the nickel by Grady Tuck July 28, 2006
jim the nickel
jim the nickel by boxofbox February 18, 2007
Flip the Nickel
Citizens Band (CB) Radio term for passing a message on between two truckers who are too far away from each other to reach each other on the CB. The person "flipping the Nickel" is midway between the two and restates the messages for each of them so they can hear.
Flip the Nickel by Jerobi May 21, 2013
The bull is off the nickel
"Bull" is being used as a double entendre -- meaning both the animal shown on the nickel and the other meaning of stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense. So, the bull is coming off the nickel and bring applied to the situation at hand. The situation at hand being nonsensical.
This obscure phrase is famously used in the Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Garrity and the Graves". Rod Serling, in the intro, uses this expression in referring to Jared Garrity, who makes a living restoring life to the dead.
This obscure phrase is famously used in the Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Garrity and the Graves". Rod Serling, in the intro, uses this expression in referring to Jared Garrity, who makes a living restoring life to the dead.
"Mr. Garrity, if one can believe him, is a resurrecter of the dead - which, on the face of it, certainly sounds like the bull is off the nickel." -- Rod Serling
The bull is off the nickel by MJD1 January 3, 2021
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